Opinion on Cechmanek seems to vary a great deal; some people argue that his style(or lack thereof) is flawed, while others point to his decent numbers.

Personally, I have not been impressed by what I have seen. On some nights, Roman is capable of turning out a very solid effort, while on others, he makes me think we'd be better off with Jamie Storr as our #1.

That being said I'm still optimistic about our chances in the playoffs. You see, I have this theory; from what I understand, in the past, Roman has played very well in the regular season and then faltered in the playoffs. However, this year he has been faltering all throughout the regular season, and, as such, will play his best hockey come playoff time.

Opinion on Cechmanek seems to vary a great deal; some people argue that his style(or lack thereof) is flawed, while others point to his decent numbers.

Personally, I have not been impressed by what I have seen. On some nights, Roman is capable of turning out a very solid effort, while on others, he makes me think we'd be better off with Jamie Storr as our #1.

That being said I'm still optimistic about our chances in the playoffs. You see, I have this theory; from what I understand, in the past, Roman has played very well in the regular season and then faltered in the playoffs. However, this year he has been faltering all throughout the regular season, and, as such, will play his best hockey come playoff time.

You'll see.

Roman is a headcase! And, i'm happy all we gave up was a second rounder. He gives the coaching staff and fans a heart attack! He should have been happy to come here and get a fresh start, but his attitude is just piss poor. He's more concerned with his defenders making mistakes and bad officiating than stopping the puck. He needs to shut his hole and stop the puck. He's not pretty to watch either, half of the time he's floundering around like a fish out of water. Cristobal Huet has been ten times better this year, and he's more technically sound, but he's not a number one goaltender, and I don't think he can handle the load.

I hope with Roman's recent injury he can prove us wrong when he comes back. He will be our number one when he gets back, and I hope he steps up his game!

Yes, Roman has been a biotch this year. At this point I would much rather see Huet in the net. I'm actually very impressed with how he has played, especially considering AM has him playing back to back on days (i.e. Anaheim, Phoenix, San Jose-Anaheim). Roman sucks thus far. You can't have a goalie in there that bails on his guys like he did against Buffalo. That game solidified my opinion him.

We haven't seen the best of Chechmanek this season. His style is obviously weird and he looks lazy at times, but whenver he comes back the recent play of Huet will light a fire under him. Obviously he's not going to change his style. I don't care if i get heart attack after heart attack in the game, because the biggest heart attack is seeing the lamp light up by an opponents goal. As long as he starts doing the things I know he can do, I can care less about his style. I think he's going have a great start whenever he plays. A goaltender controversy can't be avoided. Huet has shown in the past he can't cary a team for the long run, but he's doing it right now. With that said Roman deserves to have a chance to win his job back, because you never know he might put up better numbers then what Huet is putting up now. All that playoff talk doesn't worry me. He had like 2 shut outs in last years Ottowa serious and that was the only 2 games Philly won. I guess they were expecting 4 shut outs. All I know is Roman has proven in the past that he can put up the numbers and play with the elite goalies of this league. When he came back from injury, he started playing really well and then he had the injury again. We have only seen flashes of his abilities and now is the best time to see it all come together.